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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2023, at 167,026. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,185. The median was 22,854. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest167,026Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,185Bridgeton, NJ
Median22,85439 cities

All cities, 2023

Jersey City, NJ: 167,026 personsJersey City, NJ167,026Newark, NJ: 129,400 personsNewark, NJ129,400Paterson, NJ: 69,815 personsPaterson, NJ69,815Elizabeth, NJ: 64,934 personsElizabeth, NJ64,934Clifton, NJ: 48,094 personsClifton, NJ48,094Hoboken, NJ: 40,803 personsHoboken, NJ40,803Trenton, NJ: 36,845 personsTrenton, NJ36,845Bayonne, NJ: 36,164 personsBayonne, NJ36,164Union City, NJ: 34,398 personsUnion City, NJ34,398East Orange, NJ: 32,748 personsEast Orange, NJ32,748Passaic, NJ: 30,972 personsPassaic, NJ30,972West New York, NJ: 28,511 personsWest New York, NJ28,511Camden, NJ: 26,946 personsCamden, NJ26,946Hackensack, NJ: 26,831 personsHackensack, NJ26,831New Brunswick, NJ: 26,817 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,817Plainfield, NJ: 26,497 personsPlainfield, NJ26,497Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,588 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,588Vineland, NJ: 25,555 personsVineland, NJ25,555Sayreville, NJ: 24,093 personsSayreville, NJ24,093Linden, NJ: 22,854 personsLinden, NJ22,854Kearny, NJ: 21,614 personsKearny, NJ21,614Fort Lee, NJ: 21,013 personsFort Lee, NJ21,013Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,432 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,432Garfield, NJ: 17,471 personsGarfield, NJ17,471Englewood, NJ: 16,317 personsEnglewood, NJ16,317Long Branch, NJ: 16,004 personsLong Branch, NJ16,004Bergenfield, NJ: 15,303 personsBergenfield, NJ15,303Princeton, NJ: 15,230 personsPrinceton, NJ15,230Atlantic City, NJ: 14,977 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,977Rahway, NJ: 14,691 personsRahway, NJ14,691Westfield, NJ: 14,581 personsWestfield, NJ14,581Lodi, NJ: 13,752 personsLodi, NJ13,752Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,541 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,541Ridgewood, NJ: 13,355 personsRidgewood, NJ13,355South Plainfield, NJ: 12,555 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,555Paramus, NJ: 12,230 personsParamus, NJ12,230Millville, NJ: 12,086 personsMillville, NJ12,086Carteret, NJ: 11,926 personsCarteret, NJ11,926Bridgeton, NJ: 9,185 personsBridgeton, NJ9,185Jersey City, NJ: 167,026 personsJersey City, NJ167,026Newark, NJ: 129,400 personsNewark, NJ129,400Paterson, NJ: 69,815 personsPaterson, NJ69,815Elizabeth, NJ: 64,934 personsElizabeth, NJ64,934Clifton, NJ: 48,094 personsClifton, NJ48,094Hoboken, NJ: 40,803 personsHoboken, NJ40,803Trenton, NJ: 36,845 personsTrenton, NJ36,845Bayonne, NJ: 36,164 personsBayonne, NJ36,164Union City, NJ: 34,398 personsUnion City, NJ34,398East Orange, NJ: 32,748 personsEast Orange, NJ32,748Passaic, NJ: 30,972 personsPassaic, NJ30,972West New York, NJ: 28,511 personsWest New York, NJ28,511Camden, NJ: 26,946 personsCamden, NJ26,946Hackensack, NJ: 26,831 personsHackensack, NJ26,831New Brunswick, NJ: 26,817 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,817Plainfield, NJ: 26,497 personsPlainfield, NJ26,497Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,588 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,588Vineland, NJ: 25,555 personsVineland, NJ25,555Sayreville, NJ: 24,093 personsSayreville, NJ24,093Linden, NJ: 22,854 personsLinden, NJ22,854Kearny, NJ: 21,614 personsKearny, NJ21,614Fort Lee, NJ: 21,013 personsFort Lee, NJ21,013Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,432 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,432Garfield, NJ: 17,471 personsGarfield, NJ17,471Englewood, NJ: 16,317 personsEnglewood, NJ16,317Long Branch, NJ: 16,004 personsLong Branch, NJ16,004Bergenfield, NJ: 15,303 personsBergenfield, NJ15,303Princeton, NJ: 15,230 personsPrinceton, NJ15,230Atlantic City, NJ: 14,977 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,977Rahway, NJ: 14,691 personsRahway, NJ14,691Westfield, NJ: 14,581 personsWestfield, NJ14,581Lodi, NJ: 13,752 personsLodi, NJ13,752Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,541 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,541Ridgewood, NJ: 13,355 personsRidgewood, NJ13,355South Plainfield, NJ: 12,555 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,555Paramus, NJ: 12,230 personsParamus, NJ12,230Millville, NJ: 12,086 personsMillville, NJ12,086Carteret, NJ: 11,926 personsCarteret, NJ11,926Bridgeton, NJ: 9,185 personsBridgeton, NJ9,185
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Jersey City, NJ167,026+3.5%
2Newark, NJ129,400+1.7%
3Paterson, NJ69,815+2.2%
4Elizabeth, NJ64,934+2.4%
5Clifton, NJ48,094+2%
6Hoboken, NJ40,803+2.4%
7Trenton, NJ36,845+0.9%
8Bayonne, NJ36,164+4%
9Union City, NJ34,398+2.4%
10East Orange, NJ32,748+2.7%
11Passaic, NJ30,972+2%
12West New York, NJ28,511+2.9%
13Camden, NJ26,946+1.8%
14Hackensack, NJ26,831+2.3%
15New Brunswick, NJ26,817+1.3%
16Plainfield, NJ26,497+2.2%
17Perth Amboy, NJ25,588+1.4%
18Vineland, NJ25,555+0.2%
19Sayreville, NJ24,093+2.2%
20Linden, NJ22,854+3.4%
21Kearny, NJ21,614+2.4%
22Fort Lee, NJ21,013+2.1%
23Fair Lawn, NJ18,432+2.6%
24Garfield, NJ17,471+2.3%
25Englewood, NJ16,317+2.2%
26Long Branch, NJ16,004+1.7%
27Bergenfield, NJ15,303+2.3%
28Princeton, NJ15,230+0.6%
29Atlantic City, NJ14,977+0.9%
30Rahway, NJ14,691+2.3%
31Westfield, NJ14,581+1.8%
32Lodi, NJ13,752+2.2%
33Cliffside Park, NJ13,541+2.3%
34Ridgewood, NJ13,355+2.2%
35South Plainfield, NJ12,555+1.3%
36Paramus, NJ12,230+1.7%
37Millville, NJ12,086-0.1%
38Carteret, NJ11,926+2.1%
39Bridgeton, NJ9,185+0.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2023. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 167,026 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,185 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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